Since that day Jing Chuchu and Jing Guan were born into the Shen residence, there has been a very subtle atmosphere in the Shen residence. Everyone knows that Mrs. Shen is selfish and stingy, and she is not enthusiastic and generous. Facing her family's grand-nieces and grand-nieces who have not seen each other for many years, she not only does not show a little cold face, but treats them very kindly. Often give them silver gifts.
However, the two of them seemed to plan to live in the mansion for a long time, and they had no intention of leaving at all. Because the old lady Shen treated them politely, the servants would also look at their faces, and they were also very polite to them.
In the East Courtyard of Shen Mansion, in a partial room of Caiyun Garden, Concubine Wan was sitting at the table making a knot. The colorful knots were quickly formed in her hands, and she said to Shen Dongling who was sitting behind the screen practicing calligraphy: " The old lady has changed her temper? When Miss Biao and Young Master Biao are so good, they will almost compare you to Ling'er. "
"The old lady's calculation was not wrong." Shen Dongling sat behind the screen, her complexion was much better than before, at least not as pale as before. Now Shen Gui often comes to Wan Yiniang to sit here, and even pays attention to her, and people send a lot of medicinal materials. Shen Gui's attitude immediately made the servants of Caiyunyuan see the clue, but some people were still watching. Although Ren Wanyun was crazy, Shen Yuan was still the young master. Even if Wan Yiniang was once again favored, Shen Dongling just a daughter.
"Ling'er also thinks it's a bit strange?" Wan Yiniang stopped her movements: "But what is the purpose of the old lady to please these two?"
Shen Dongling smiled: "Young young lady, the old lady naturally hopes that someone will attract people with lust."
Wan Yiniang was shocked, she suddenly understood, and looked at Shen Dongling: "Who does the old lady want to be nice to them?"
"The person who came out of a small household without power and power is the old lady's maiden family." Shen Dongling made a careful note: "Whoever the old lady hates the most is naturally."
Just as Shen Dongling said, in the yard of the west courtyard of the Shen residence, where Shen Qiu and Shen Xinfang finished practicing, they asked their subordinates to continue practicing, and they were ready to rest for a while when they saw a young girl in yellow approaching from the end of the yard.
This girl is beautiful, delicate and timid, with a bamboo basket on her wrist, which is pitiful. She walked to the edge, lowered her head and called timidly, "Cousin, uncle."
It was Jing Chuchu.
Luo Xueyan was pointing at the soldier's movements, but Shen Xin and Shen Qiu were a little surprised when they saw this. Shen Qiu took a step forward and said, "What is my cousin here for?"
When he said the word "cousin", he was not used to it. After all, he hadn't seen Jing Chuchu for more than ten years, and suddenly there was a cousin, which was unacceptable.
Jing Chuchu smiled shyly, put the bamboo basket between her wrists on the stone platform, and whispered, "Chu Chu made some snacks by herself, thinking that my cousins might be tired from practicing swords here, so I made something. , I hope cousin and uncle don't dislike it." After speaking, he lowered his head and opened the lid, and as soon as he opened it, a few trays of snacks were brought out from inside. Those desserts were exquisite and cute, and they smelled sweet. Before Shen Xin said anything, Shen Qiu, a foodie, had already swallowed.
Shen Xin was also a little relieved, Jing Chu Chusheng was timid and weak, and seemed sincere in dealing with others, but he was a little timid, but no matter what, a girl with a skill in making dim sum would be popular wherever she went, especially this girl was good-looking. Luo Xueyan was a female general, she could not wash her hands and make soup, so she was a young girl who could cook, and both Shen Xin and his son had a very good impression.
Jing Chuchu said: "After coming here to disturb for so many days, I was terrified. Chu Chu has no ability, so I made some snacks to express my feelings."
Look, I also know how to repay the gratitude. What Shen Xin and his son liked most were people who were polite and sensible.
Shen Qiu said: "Cousin doesn't have to worry about it, just treat this as your home, and don't bother when the family says anything."
Jing Chuchu lowered his head shyly, and Shen Qiu picked up a piece of cake and said with a smile, "Then I'm welcome." Just as he was about to bite down, he suddenly heard a voice behind him: "Big brother."
Shen Qiu turned his head, but saw that Shen Miao came over at some time, standing on the edge of the yard, followed by four girls, looking at him with cold eyes. For some reason, Shen Qiu felt a guilty conscience, put down the cake in his hand subconsciously, and asked, "Why is my sister here?"
Shen Miao did not say anything and walked towards them with her feet raised. When she got close, she saw Gu Yu Jing Zhe Bai Lu Shuang drop a basket by four maids, Shen Xin asked, "Jiao Jiao, what is in your basket?"
“The weather is a little cold today, thinking that everyone is thirsty from practicing swordsmanship, so I made some soup.” Shen Miao glanced at Shen Qiu lightly, Shen Qiu’s back felt cold, she only heard Shen Miao saying, “Let those little soldiers Come and have some soup, I've simmered mushroom chicken soup all morning to warm up your body."
"I'll call!" Azhi, who was standing beside Shen Qiu, was overjoyed and ran to the other side of the training ground. After a while, dozens of soldiers in the yard followed.
Shen Miao asked Jing Zhe and the others to serve soup for everyone, those soldiers were the most capable men beside Shen Xin and Shen Qiu, so they were placed directly in the General’s residence. When the soldiers saw the soup, they were very happy and said with a smile, "It's still the lady who is considerate to us! The lady is really kind!"
In fact, rough people are the best to bribe and win over, Shen Miao knows this well. Azhi took a sip of the soup and exclaimed, "This soup is really good!" After drinking it in three or two, he handed it to Jing Zhe and said, "Another bowl!"
Jing Zhe rolled his eyes at Azhi: "Of course it's delicious, but our girl cooked it herself."
Seeing this, Shen Xin and Shen Qiu were stunned for a moment, and then Shen Qiu said, "My sister cooked it herself?"
“Yes.” Shen Miao said lightly.
"Lord Ge, don't drink it!" Shen Xin yelled, "Don't drink it!" He shouted at Gu Yu, "Bring me a big bowl!"
Luo Xueyan had just drank Bai Lusheng's soup, and she was also very surprised: "Jiaojiao, you actually made this soup yourself? How did you improve your cooking skills?"
The aroma of the soup wafted out, which naturally attracted people’s mouths, Shen Miao lowered her eyes and smiled, “Just look at it and do it.” In the first few years of her previous life, in order to please Fu Xiu Yi, she changed her methods to hone her skills. Cooking, later went to Qin State, and learned a lot of rare dishes under the difficulties of those people. Speaking of which, she has also seen the dishes of the royal families of the two countries, her vision and methods are much more advanced than ordinary people, as for the girl who came to the Ding capital for the first time, Shen Miao’s eyes swept to Jing Chu Chu, Jing Chuchu stood behind the pillars, but this time, he did not lower his head, but bit his lip and looked at a group of lively rude people drinking from his own eyes with tears in his eyes, as if he was completely wronged.
The eldest daughter-in-law cooks the soup herself, which is much more precious than the desserts made by Miss Biao. Besides, Shen Miao still gave a share to all the soldiers in the courtyard. In such a comparison, Jing Chuchu, who only made snacks for Shen Xin and his son, was really too stingy and too unworthy.
Jing Chuchu was ashamed and angry, looking at Shen Miao with a trace of hatred in her eyes.
Shen Qiu also wanted to drink the soup, but Gu Yu would not give it to him. Shen Qiu also noticed something and guessed that Shen Miao was mad at him, but he didn’t know what was wrong and could only keep an eye on it. Looking at Shen Miao, when all the people that Shen Miao waited for had almost finished drinking, she then asked Bai Lu to take out a bowl from the bottom layer of the basket and said, "You like sweets, this bowl is filled with honey, drink it. "
“Sister is so nice!” Shen Qiu was overjoyed and snatched it over to take a big mouthful of soup, the look of a foodie made Shen Miao couldn’t bear to look any more.
Those little soldiers got the soup made by Shen Miao, they were half moved and half liked, and naturally they flattered Shen Miao, they only felt that Shen Miao did not have the arrogant temperament of the eldest young lady, she was approachable and beautiful, she was simply a goddess Same.
Shen Miao was surrounded by the soldiers and Jing Chuchu was completely left out, she wanted to leave several times but in the end she stayed behind.
When everyone went to practice swords again, Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan also went, Shen Qiu sat on the stone lion to rest before Shen Miao walked up to Jing Chuchu and said with a smile, "Cousin made this snack well, but the people who practice martial arts are here. Practicing swords during the day is even tiring and thirsty, if you still make snacks, wouldn’t it make them even more thirsty.” Shen Miao said with a smile, “Let’s make soup next time.”
Jing Chu Chu's face was green and white, Shen Miao's words were clearly exposing that she was using the guise of giving snacks, but she was not really thinking about these martial arts practitioners, otherwise she would not have given these dry things. Although he was angry in his heart, Jing Chu Chu lowered his head in a panic, as if he was very scared: "Thank you cousin for your suggestion, Chu Chu will save it." After speaking, he turned his eyes for help to Shen Qiu, hoping that Shen Qiu would come. Free her.
It is a pity that although Shen Qiu has a sincere and sincere personality, when it comes to men and women, he is an elm lump who does not understand the style, and he is inexplicable when he meets Jing Chuchu's eyes. On the other hand, Shen Miao smiled and said, "Big Brother didn't want to eat cousin's cakes, let's eat some now."
"Cough." Shen Qiu waved his hand: "I just drank a bowl of soup, I'm a little full, I can't eat enough, let's eat it later."
Shen Miao was very satisfied. The bowl of soup for Shen Qiu was extra heavy, she couldn't believe that Shen Qiu would still have the stomach to eat Jing Chuchu's cakes after drinking this bowl of soup? Unless Shen Qiu is a pig.
Jing Chuchu was a little disappointed, Shen Qiu stood up and said, "I'll go to practice again." Then he walked towards the courtyard.
Looking at Shen Qiu's retreating back, Jing Chuchu was a little unwilling. He wanted to say something, but he could only bite his lips and watch. Shen Miao smiled slightly and patted her hand: "Cousin's cakes might not taste good if they are cold, but if cousin doesn't mind, they can send them to the second brother."
“Second brother?” Jing Chuchu looked at Shen Miao suspiciously.
“Yes,” Shen Miao smiled, “Like my eldest brother and the others, they are in the bitter cold area of the northwest all year round, these delicate things are not available, but my second brother is different, he has already entered the official career at a young age, and now he is even more so. Taking office in the capital, the future is boundless.” Shen Miao shook her head and sighed, “It’s a pity that there is no one around to take care of his daily life, the man’s family is always not concerned about these food and clothing, and the cousin’s hand of Suzhou’s small snacks may be able to Appetite for him."
When Jing Chuchu heard the words, her eyes were a little uncertain. Only to hear Shen Miao smile: "Maybe in the future if the second brother has a wife, he will probably be able to enjoy the good fortune often, I don't know which girl can have such a fortune to be my second sister-in-law, the cousin does not know, I Second brother, but the sweetheart of so many official ladies in the Ding capital."
"Second Young Master..." Jing Chuchu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there still no girl you like?"
Shen Miao sighed, "Second brother is busy with court affairs all day, how can he have time to see other girls?"
When Jing Chuchu was thoughtful, Shen Miao did not point it out, and after talking for a while, seeing that Shen Qiu and the others had no intention of stopping, it would be a bit strange for Jing Chuchu to stay any longer and then left.
After Jing Chuchu left, Shen Qiu came over and looked at Shen Miao carefully for a while before saying, "Sister, why are you so weird today?"
“Where am I strange?” Shen Miao said angrily, “Is eldest brother angry that I interrupted you to eat your cousin’s cake just now?”
“I didn’t mean it that way.” Shen Qiu’s anxious face turned a little red, but when he heard Shen Miao waved his hands indifferently, he said, “Forget it, but you are at a very good age now and a lot of girls are looking forward to it. Looking at you, you will have to open your eyes to pick a sister-in-law in the future."
Shen Qiu understood this, he said helplessly: "Sister, what are you talking about, my cousin didn't mean that, she just came to give me some cakes."
“If you really like her, just eat enough.” After saying this, Shen Miao left without looking back, this time when she came back, Shen Qiu had never seen Shen Miao get so angry with him, she was frightened. With one jump, she actually watched Shen Miao walk away.
On the way back to the house, Gu Yu asked, "Does the girl dislike Miss Biao, otherwise why would she be so angry."
“Yes, I don’t like it.” Shen Miao rubbed her forehead. She really hated Jing Chuchu very much. For a proud person like Shen Qiu, he broke his leg, put on a green hat, and finally was put in jail on the charge of murder. She could not wait for such a stubborn woman. Peeling off Jing Chuchu's skin. But Shen Qiu had a kind nature and did not know that a person's heart could be so bad, seeing that Shen Qiu was almost bewildered by Jing Chuchu's skin in this life, Shen Miao was not angry.
"But didn't the girl tell Miss Biao about the second young master?" Gu Yu said, "Perhaps Miss Biao's interest will turn to the second young master in the future." Shen Miao and Jing Chu Chu did not deliberately avoid a few maids in their chatting just now, and Gu Yu also One could hear the meaning in Shen Miao's words.
Shen Miao shook her head, "She is not stupid, if she was moved by me in just a few words, then she would not be Jing Chuchu." Shen Miao smiled slightly, "However, it is good to have a little thought."
Several of the maids were a little strange and did not understand why Shen Miao was such a big enemy to this timid and weak-looking young lady.
…
Baoxianglou is the largest gold-selling cave in the Ding capital. If the brothel is divided into three, six and nine, then Baoxianglou must be the top of the Ding capital. Among them, any girl can be the top card in ordinary buildings. She is fat and thin, spicy and gentle, charming and cute, and innocent. As long as people can think of it, Baoxianglou has it.
Therefore, the price of the girls in Baoxianglou is also the most expensive.
The beautiful girls at the door greeted the guests with fragrant handkerchiefs, and a man in armor walked in, which made the girls look at him a few more times.
People who can afford Baoxianglou are either rich or expensive. Most of them are rich sons or officials, but the man in front of him doesn't look like a rich man, and the suffocation on his body makes the girls retreat. Until a half-old Xu Niang in red clothes came out, she smiled when she saw him: "Mr. Mo is here again? Are you still looking for Liu Ying today?"
Mo Qing nodded, took out a bank note from his arms and handed it to the other party. The woman got the silver note and smiled with satisfaction: "Young Master, come with me, I'll take you upstairs, Liu Ying has been waiting for you these days."
Mo Qingqiang resisted the discomfort in his heart, and followed the man upstairs with a calm face.
The girls in Baoxianglou are the most expensive, and similarly, the girls in Baoxianglou are also the best. Although Liu Ying is not the top brand in Baoxianglou, she is quite famous, but this is compared to the rumors. In fact, every day, new girls come in Baoxianglou, all of them are good-looking and talented. , Men like the new and hate the old, and there are many fewer guests who come to Liu Ying.
However, recently, the girls in Baoxiang Building knew that Liu Ying, who had been left out of the family, had a big business recently, and a young man would come to him every now and then. In Baoxiang Lou, it is very rare to find a girl alone every time. Everyone guessed that this is to redeem Liu Ying's life.
Mo Qing followed the woman to a small building upstairs, and the woman in red backed out with a smile. On the soft couch, the young woman was reclining in a light, water-red gauze, holding a Yaoqin plucked, her watery eyes filled with affection, her lips had an ambiguous smile, and her clothes were even more half-shoulders, which evoked a lot of reverie.
Mo Qing took a deep breath, walked to the table without looking sideways, sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and started the day's itinerary as usual - in a daze.
The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Liu Ying showed a look of anger and despair on her face. She walked up to Mo Qing and said angrily, "Young Master Mo has come here a few times, but he has turned a blind eye to Liu Ying, is it because he is playing with Liu Ying? Is Liu Ying dirty?"
The sisters all envied her that she might be able to make it through, because there was a man who was willing to single her out, but he didn't know that this man was not useful. Say something else.
Mo Qing shook his head, but said nothing, staring straight at the teacup in front of him. She felt extremely helpless, what Shen Miao said was really good, this Liu Ying was indeed a charming woman, when Mo Qing used to tease him with tricks before, Mo Qing couldn’t hold it, but now sitting here for an extra moment would be a torment , but Shen Miao asked him to sit like this all the time.
The more annoyed Liu Ying became, a seductive smile appeared on her face, she simply sat on Mo Qing's lap, stretched out her hand to hook the opponent's neck, and exhaled in Mo Qing's ear: "Young Master Mo, you are willing to let me Are you sitting like this?"
With a "pop", it was Mo Qing who pushed Liu Ying to the ground.
Located in the Happy Building opposite Baoxiang Building, in a certain elegant room, the table is full of jade dishes, and there are three people sitting in the middle. A person who looked like a guard walked over from outside, bowed his head and said a few words in the ear of the purple-clothed boy sitting in the middle.
"Speaking of which," Ji Yushu said suspiciously, "Why did Miss Shen ask her bodyguard to go to Baoxianglou to find a girl?"
"And this guard is only watching but not eating." Gao Yang added.
As for Shen Miao, Gao Yang and Ji Yushu would no longer regard her as an ordinary general lady, everything she did seemed to have a profound meaning. Therefore, when they learned that Shen Miao sent Mo Qing to look for a girl in Baoxianglou, the first reaction of the two was that Shen Miao was planning to cheat someone again.
Bai Xiaosheng's people went out to observe for several days in a row. What was shocking was that the guard ordered Liuying, but did nothing. He sat in Liuying's room for one night and left. They carefully inquired about Liu Ying's life experience, it was nothing special to be a Fengchen woman who was sold into a brothel, and they did not understand the deep meaning of Shen Miao's actions.
"Could it be that she wants to train a eunuch to be a confidant?" Ji Yushu's thoughts are always very strange: "Now is the time for the guard to adapt to the life of the eunuch in advance?"
"Your thoughts are always so wonderful." Gao Yang pondered: "I think she wants to win over Liu Ying, perhaps to deal with the other two members of the Shen family. But then you don't have to look for Liu Ying, there is more than Liu Ying in Baoxiang Building. There are too many girls." He looked at Xie Jing Xing, "Xie San, what do you think about this matter?"
Xie Jing Xing was looking out the window, when he heard the words, he glanced lazily at the two of them and said, "Are you busy?"
"Anyway, you have some friendship with Miss Shen, don't you care?" Ji Yushu said, "Brother Xie, you are smart, you must know."
“I don’t want to know.” Xie Jing Xing interrupted him, “I am going out of the city recently.”
"Is it for the Jade Rabbit Festival?" Gao Yang asked with a frown.
"The emperor intends to send Old Man Xie out for the expedition in the spring," Xie Jing Xing said, "I can't wait." The "Old Man Xie" he said naturally referred to the Marquis of Lin'an, Xie Ding.
Gao Yang was silent for a while before he said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid it will be too late."
“I heard that Shen Yuan and Prince Ding have been very close recently.” Xie Jing Xing’s lips curled up, “It seems that he is going to deal with the big room of the Shen family?”
"Miss Shen is going to be unlucky again?" Ji Yushu was a little surprised: "Why does she always provoke these ill-intentioned people. Then King Ding is not a good bird, who will end up being targeted by King Ding? "
"King Ding is unfathomable," Gao Yang frowned, "Although he looks at Wuxin's power, he doesn't have to have less troops in private. I was already jealous of the royal family, and if King Ding made a move, Shen Xin was only afraid that it would hurt his vitality."
“Isn’t Miss Shen in danger?” Ji Yushu looked at Xie Jing Xing, “Brother Xie, how can you help her?”
Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows, “Why should I help her?”
"You, you aren't... You can be considered friends for now." Ji Yushu's eyes widened: "Didn't you save her before? You don't plan to help Miss Shen?"
Xie Jing Xing glanced at him with a half-smile but not a smile, his eyes were as deep as a pool of water, he was clearly very romantic, but his words were cold and indifferent, he said, "I need the Shen family to help me delay the time, King Ding will deal with Shen. The letter... very good."
Ji Yushu breathed a sigh of relief.
…
In the Ding capital, Ding Wang's mansion.
The young man on the high seat was dressed in light-colored clothes, and his appearance was stern, but when he talked to the people below, he was very kind, melting the sternness a bit or two.
This person is none other than Ding Wang Fu Xiu Yi.
At this moment, there are several strangers sitting in the hall. These people are all staff of King Ding Fu Xiu Yi. He knows how to make good use of people, and he knows how to respect the virtuous and corporal. If he is an ordinary prince, although he treats his staff with money and land, he does not have the same respect as him. With Fu Xiu Yi's attitude, he attracted many wise men. It is precisely because of these wise men that Fu Xiu Yi's plans and plans still keep everyone in the world in the dark, including Emperor Wen Hui.
The young man sitting in the middle was dressed in blue, his face seemed a little out of place among these aides, just because he was too young, he stood up and Fu Xiu Yi asked, "Shen Yuan, what are your thoughts, you can tell me."
Shen Yuan cupped Fu Xiu Yi's hands. He became Fu Xiu Yi's person in private when he first entered office. Fu Xiu Yi is very good at recruiting talents, Shen Yuan has talent and ambition, and he can endure the loneliness of living outside to take office, so he is naturally favored by Fu Xiu Yi.
Shen Yuan said: "At the moment, everyone is secretly vying for military strength, and whoever has the strength will have more leverage. Ming Qi's current military strength, Nan Xie Beixin, although the Xie family's military strength is strong, but after the spring, His Majesty will let the Marquis of Lin'an go on an expedition, there must be a reason. Plan. The Xie family can't move, but the Shen family is different." Shen Yuan paused before continuing: "Shen Xin offered to stay in Beijing for half a year, and there are not a few people who want to win over Shen Xin. The Shen family's army is too variable. It's better to destroy it, if you make a fight, it will still be in line with His Majesty's heart, and it will also allow His Highness to prove that he has no other ambitions."
Shen Yuan himself belonged to the Shen family, but every word of "Shen family", it was clear that he and Shen Xin were not together. His words were obviously aimed at Shen Xin, Fu Xiu Yi smiled at him, maybe he understood but pretended not to know, after all Shen Yuan's words were only good and not bad for him. He said: "What you said is really good, but the Shen family can't find a single loophole now, even if they want to find the wrong place, there is no reason."
Shen Yuan did not speak.
Fu Xiu Yi's eyes flickered, and his tone became more cordial: "But since you are in the Shen residence, you must know some things that ordinary people don't know." He looked at Shen Yuan, "If you can really control the Shen family this time, your credit is the greatest. "
After getting the assurance he wanted to hear, Shen Yuan said respectfully: "Go back to Your Highness, people from Wei Chen were mixed in the team long ago. When the Shen family's army fought in the northwest before, some things did not conform to the rules. When collecting evidence, once the evidence is complete, Wei Chen will definitely present it with both hands. Wei Chen promises that even if the Shen family army cannot be completely overthrown this time, at least its vitality will be severely damaged."
Fu Xiu Yi smiled lightly, "Then you'll have to worry about it."
Shen Yuan bowed his head and smiled.